Essential tips to improve your blocking with a shield - Dark and Darker 

ahhh mystery solved!! thanks :)

Noone out darkers the dark

@@KimJongPhil hahaha yeah, it's the darkest!

haha yeah, if I had another chance I might have played that differently, but I didn't want anyone interfering with the melee with the other fighter. I've been too trusting in the past and gotten backstabbed... feel bad man, so sometimes I default to not trusting people on VoIP

thanks for the feedback & arming sword parry tip, appreciate you!

haha yeah, some people want to be friendly.. sometimes I want to be friendly.. but not ALL the time :)

@@YourBoyBlinn I want to learn to PvP so that I am at least a decent challenge for the hostile players. I never aggro first, but I -do- wanna be the last one standing. :3

@@TinariKao Same here. I also just want to get better at PvP for defensive purposes.

yes!! exactly!! :)

hey thanks for this!!

handle blocks are worse though

its my great pleasure!! keep me posted on your progress & good luck

yes totally! sorry man, HOSTILE

thanks very much!!

oh! hello there!! we're all on a giant learning journey with this game, thanks for stopping by :)

I mean, I can't really disagree :) just one of those weird things you learn to love I guess.. appreciate the comment!

@@YourBoyBlinn I guess, I'm having a lot of difficulty with this combat, I'm came from For Honor and I love that combat system (hate the game though), but your videos are at least giving me a light on how to make it function. Thank you for that 😉

yeah I came from Chivalry II and the melee combat/blocking in that game is much more forgiving aka 'arcade-like' -- took me a bit to get my footing in DaD, and can say from experience it does get easier!! have a great week friend!

haha, can't wait!

so this question has two potential answers, IMO.. if both the attacker and defender do their actions at the same time, yes the netcode and server desync will favor the attacker, meaning the attacker's client 'sees' the game a few frames ahead of your (defending) client -- this can be frustrating because it means you need to have a bit of foresight to make sure your block is up BEFORE the full swing of the weapon to account for this lag. but the other answer is: a lot of the time the server sync is not the issue, but rather that the attacker was able to get above/around your shield. there is a lot more of your (defending) body that is exposed than meets the eye in your first-person camera. especially if both parties are moving and strafing around each other. learning to turn the shield, in a pronounced way, to the left/right to cover flanks is really important and VERY difficult to get used to. TL:DR, a lot of people think the server is the reason their block wasn't successful, but most of the time they just get hit around their shield because the shield doesn't really cover much of your character model hope this helps!

@@YourBoyBlinn much appreciated!

yeah I know what you mean.. maybe because their weapon hitboxes are so large they actually hit your body around the shield.. will require some further investigation!!

this is a great idea, I won't forget the suggestion :)

the longsword goat himself!!

yes, totally agree the first-person cam is weird.. definitely a hurdle to overcome!

I wholeheartedly agree!!!

give it some dedicated practice and I guarantee you'll see some reliability.. even just starting with the overhead attacks, that's how I got going. maces and viking swords are def entry-level and will help you gain confidence. good luck out there & keep me posted on your progress!!

heh you just gotta keep trying!! it gets easier!!

@@YourBoyBlinn I tried blocking the skeleton. It's hard and people fight. I was going to die so I tried to be friendly but got killed anyway haha. I'm currently playing the Fighter class at level 17 and will try to create another class. But can't do it without upgrading my account. So sad. As far as I've played. I have done a lot just to survive and make money. I still don't understand how to mine ore. And I play this game alone

@@YourBoyBlinn The only thing I can do now is find items and earn money haha.

@@YourBoyBlinn Oh yes, thanks for the video tutorial. It helped a lot. I can do a little bit now.

nnnope! it goes beyond your shield and the axe head collides with your head! the axe skelly lurches forward when he attacks, so backwards spacing is key if you want your shield to collide with & interrupt the downward axe attack. if you're too close, the axe clears over your shield and hits your noodle :) try it out!!

@@YourBoyBlinn I was literally facing so far up that I was staring straight at the ceiling above me

@@kitsune9076 it's not just about the camera position tho! you need to use spacing and keep your distance from the skelly axe.. if you are too close, the axe will swing OVER your shield, no matter how much you are looking up! check your spacing, make sure your are at LEAST 2 or 3 steps away from the skelly, and then look straight up. it works every time my dude, give it a try!

I got you bud!

@@YourBoyBlinn In all seriousness it really surprised me to see you only have a couple hundred subscribers, considering how well made your videos are. Keep going and I think your channel is gonna grow a ton

thanks so much! feeling really good about this wipe, so thankfully it's easy to stay motivated for videos. appreciate your comment!!

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only so many hours in the day I suppose! thanks for watching :)

I guess so, but I prefer the ol' Sword & Board :) if you want an extra challenge, try the Lantern Shield !!

Proven to be wrong. Some attacks are unreliable to parry/riposte. Clunky but works sometimes with the best conditions.

@@ThaiLitzki its harder to accomplish, making it the better method for practicing the area to block an attack. Youre entitled an opinion, but its a matter of personal prefference, not a set in stone 'this works better than that'

@40thievesgaming Ahhh I misread that! I took it as "Block with a longsword instead since it's better." As it was better.

@@ThaiLitzki i got my riposte blocked by a flute the other day 😂 people are wise to it like never before. I just meant its a good tool for learning with👍